Jonathon Booth is a historian of democracy, race, law, and policing in the United States. He teaches courses including Criminal Law, American Legal History, and Law and History of Policing. Jonathon's research reaches from the mid-nineteenth century to the present and focuses on the practical impact of law and its enforcement - in other words, how the law tangibly affects Americans. His recent articles include The Cycle of Delegitimization: Lessons From Dred Scott on the Relationship Between the Supreme Court and the Nation, 51 UC Law Constitutional Quarterly 5 (2023) and Policing after Slavery: Race, Law, and Resistance in Atlanta, forthcoming in the University of Colorado Law review.
